OBJECTIVE To describe a novel cause of meningeal siderosis due to intermittent subarachnoid bleeding caused by chronic bilateral jugular vein thrombosis. DESIGN Case report and review of literature. PATIENT A 51-year-old man with a distant history of cervical injury who presented with transient aphasia in the setting of progressive cognitive decline. INTERVENTION Neurological examination,...

The venous efflux from cerebral dural venous sinus into the extracranial venous drainage is predominantly based on sigmoid venous sinus draining into the internal jugular vein. In the fetal stage, the rapid growth of cerebral hemispheres leads to an enlargement of transverse venous sinuses in somewhat disproportionate manner to growth of sigmoid venous sinus and internal jugular vein. Therefore...

A 69-year-old woman with obstructive nephropathy required emergent hemodialysis. The initial placement of a catheter into the right jugular vein was not successful as it was not possible to establish adequate blood flow. The second catheter introduced into the right subclavian vein failed too. Therefore, there was a need to place a catheter in the left jugular vein. However, chest radiography s...

Vascular access has been the Achilles heel of hemodialysis for many years, and placement of temporary subclavian and internal jugular vein catheters has been a daily practice for the nephrologist. Now, concern about central vein stenosis, well described with the use of subclavian catheters in end-stage renal disease (ESRD), has prompted the use of internal jugular vein permanent catheters to av...

BACKGROUND/AIM Hemodialysis catheter, as an integral part of hemodialysis, is a catheter placed into the jugular, subclav ian and femoral vein. The most common catheter-related complications are infections and thrombosis. The aim of the study was to analyze the prevalence of complications associated with differently inserted central-vein catheters for hemodialysis. METHODS The study was organ...

Background: We report a case of vascular malformation arising from internal jugular vein presenting as mass at root of neck with no clinical stigmata which to the best of our knowledge is the first reported case of an intrinsic vascular malformation arising from the internal jugular vein. Magnetic resonance imaging features of this new entity have been described. Case presentation: A 27 year ma...

Resistance of fibrin-bound thrombin to inactivation by the heparin/antithrombin III complex is considered a limitation in the use of heparin as an antithrombotic agent. Intimatan (dermatan 4,6-di-O-sulfate) is a heparin cofactor II agonist that inhibits both free and bound forms of thrombin. The present study examines the hypothesis that Intimatan prevents thrombotic occlusion in response to va...

BACKGROUND Three anatomical sites are commonly used to insert central venous catheters, but insertion at each site has the potential for major complications. METHODS In this multicenter trial, we randomly assigned nontunneled central venous catheterization in patients in the adult intensive care unit (ICU) to the subclavian, jugular, or femoral vein (in a 1:1:1 ratio if all three insertion si...